Star Wars Books has just posted the first mini excerpt from James Luceno’s Darth Plagueis.

For the past five hundred years, the Sith of the Bane line had eschewed selecting children as apprentices, finding it more advantageous to discover beings who had already been hardened or scarred by life.

Latest Databurst From the 501st covering event news from October 19-25th. With Halloween around the corner, there are plenty of events to choose from. As always remember to mark your calendars and show your support for your local garrisons.

October 20th

70th Explorers Garrison will be in Springfield, MO for the Halloween Spooktacular VIP night at the Dickerson Park Zoo.

Jedi Knight Kerra Holt’s elation at the prospect of being part of a team again has quickly deflated now that she realizes the motives of the Republic’s Devil Squadron are a far cry from her own. But with crime lord Zodoh the Hutt returning to Kerra’s home planet and the Sith Lord Daiman about to enter the fight, Kerra must sort out her allies or be destroyed!

With so many Jedi Generals occupied with the Clone Wars, assignments that would usually go to Knights or Masters are falling to Jedi in training–in this case, masterless Padawan Nuru Kungurama. Accompanied by his squad of clone troopers and a hulking swoop biker named Gizz, Nuru’s job begins as a routine protection detail but soon evolves to include a mystery massacre, the hijacking of a space freighter, and the kidnapping of a group of orphaned younglings!